Bill Text: IN HB1148 | 2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Engineer and land surveyor examinations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2012-02-22 - Signed by the Governor [HB1148 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-HB1148-Enrolled.html
Second Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2012)
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HOUSE ENROLLED ACT No. 1148
AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning professions and occupations.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 25-21.5-6-1; (12)HE1148.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 25-21.5-6-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 1. The examination
required of all applicants for registration as a professional land
surveyor must be a written or computer based examination divided
into the following two (2) parts: each of eight (8) hours duration.
(1) The basic disciplines part of the examination must be designed to test the applicant's knowledge of the basic disciplines of land surveying. The standard of proficiency required must approximate that attained by graduation in an approved four (4) year land surveying curriculum.
(2) The principles and practice part of the examination must be designed primarily to test the principles and practice of land surveying. The principles and practice part of the examination must be divided into two (2) sections.
(A) The first section must test the applicant's understanding, judgment, and ability to correctly apply the following:
(i) Federal laws and regulations.
(ii) Practices pertaining to the establishment, description, and reestablishment of land boundaries.
(iii) The platting of subdivisions.
(iv) The ethical, economic, and legal principles relating to the practice of land surveying.
(v) The principles of mathematics relating to the practice of land surveying.
(B) The second section must test the applicant's understanding, judgment, and ability to correctly apply the following:
(i) Items under subdivision (2)(A)(i) through(2)(A)(iv).
(2)(A)(v).
(ii) Indiana laws and rules.
(iii) Work that the land surveyor is permitted to perform under this article.
(iv) The ability to write and interpret legal descriptions and solve narrative problems regarding the analysis and execution of land surveys and land survey problems.
(1) The basic disciplines part of the examination must be designed to test the applicant's knowledge of the basic disciplines of land surveying. The standard of proficiency required must approximate that attained by graduation in an approved four (4) year land surveying curriculum.
(2) The principles and practice part of the examination must be designed primarily to test the principles and practice of land surveying. The principles and practice part of the examination must be divided into two (2) sections.
(A) The first section must test the applicant's understanding, judgment, and ability to correctly apply the following:
(i) Federal laws and regulations.
(ii) Practices pertaining to the establishment, description, and reestablishment of land boundaries.
(iii) The platting of subdivisions.
(iv) The ethical, economic, and legal principles relating to the practice of land surveying.
(v) The principles of mathematics relating to the practice of land surveying.
(B) The second section must test the applicant's understanding, judgment, and ability to correctly apply the following:
(i) Items under subdivision (2)(A)(i) through
(ii) Indiana laws and rules.
(iii) Work that the land surveyor is permitted to perform under this article.
(iv) The ability to write and interpret legal descriptions and solve narrative problems regarding the analysis and execution of land surveys and land survey problems.
SOURCE: IC 25-21.5-6-3; (12)HE1148.1.2. -->
SECTION 2. IC 25-21.5-6-3 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 3. The examination for
certification as a land-surveyor-in-training must be a written or
computer based examination. of eight (8) hours duration. The
examination must be identical in subject matter to, but may be more
comprehensive than, the first part of the examination for registration as
a professional land surveyor.
SOURCE: IC 25-31-1-14; (12)HE1148.1.3. -->
SECTION 3. IC 25-31-1-14, AS AMENDED BY P.L.194-2005,
SECTION 79, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 14. (a) The examination required of all applicants
for registration as a professional engineer shall be a written or
computer based examination which shall be divided into the following
two (2) parts: each of eight (8) hours duration:
(1) Engineering fundamentals.
(2) Principles and practice of engineering.
The board may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 establishing additional examination requirements.
(b) The engineering fundamentals portion of the examination shall be designed to test the applicant's knowledge of mathematics and the physical and engineering sciences. The standards of proficiency required shall approximate that attained by graduation in an approved four (4) year engineering curriculum.
(c) The principles and practice of the engineering portion of the examination shall be designed primarily to test the applicant's understanding of, and judgment and ability to apply correctly, the principles of:
(1) mathematics;
(2) the physical sciences;
(3) the engineering sciences; and
(4) engineering design analysis and synthesis;
to the practice of professional engineering. A part of the examination may be designed to test the applicant's knowledge and understanding of the ethical, economic, and legal principles relating to the practices of professional engineering.
(d) An applicant for registration as a professional engineer who holds an engineering intern certificate issued in Indiana or in any other state or territory having equivalent standards may be exempted from the engineering fundamentals portion of the examination.
(e) An applicant must successfully pass the engineering fundamentals portion of the examination before taking the principles and practice portion of the examination.
(f) Examinations shall be held at times and places as determined by the board at least two (2) times each year. Examinations for certification as an engineering intern may be held separately from the examinations for registration as a professional engineer.
(g) An applicant for registration as a professional engineer who is presently registered in another state or territory may be assigned a written or computer based examination as the board deems necessary to meet the requirements of this chapter.
(h) An applicantfor registration as a professional engineer who fails
in the first examination may request to be readmitted for a second
examination at either of the next two (2) regularly scheduled
examinations. Upon application and at the discretion of the board, an
applicant who misses:
(1) the originally scheduled examination; or
(2) the next two (2) regularly scheduled examinations;
may be given permission to appear for another regularly scheduled
examination. shall have three (3) attempts to pass each part of the
examination within a time period established by the board by rule.
The board may specify by rule the time required between
examinations and the opportunity for future examination attempts
for an applicant who fails to appear at an examination. The amount
of the fee to be paid for each examination shall be determined by the
board under IC 25-1-8-2.
(i) If an applicant who has failed a part of the examination three (3)or more examinations times reapplies and submits evidence of
acquiring additional knowledge for the examination, the board may
give the applicant approval to take subsequent examinations or partial
examinations.
(1) Engineering fundamentals.
(2) Principles and practice of engineering.
The board may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 establishing additional examination requirements.
(b) The engineering fundamentals portion of the examination shall be designed to test the applicant's knowledge of mathematics and the physical and engineering sciences. The standards of proficiency required shall approximate that attained by graduation in an approved four (4) year engineering curriculum.
(c) The principles and practice of the engineering portion of the examination shall be designed primarily to test the applicant's understanding of, and judgment and ability to apply correctly, the principles of:
(1) mathematics;
(2) the physical sciences;
(3) the engineering sciences; and
(4) engineering design analysis and synthesis;
to the practice of professional engineering. A part of the examination may be designed to test the applicant's knowledge and understanding of the ethical, economic, and legal principles relating to the practices of professional engineering.
(d) An applicant for registration as a professional engineer who holds an engineering intern certificate issued in Indiana or in any other state or territory having equivalent standards may be exempted from the engineering fundamentals portion of the examination.
(e) An applicant must successfully pass the engineering fundamentals portion of the examination before taking the principles and practice portion of the examination.
(f) Examinations shall be held at times and places as determined by the board at least two (2) times each year. Examinations for certification as an engineering intern may be held separately from the examinations for registration as a professional engineer.
(g) An applicant for registration as a professional engineer who is presently registered in another state or territory may be assigned a written or computer based examination as the board deems necessary to meet the requirements of this chapter.
(h) An applicant
(i) If an applicant who has failed a part of the examination three (3)
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